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why , easily the Gator's Jeff Driskel of course.... Both wrong...it's Blaine Gabbert. He probably should still be a college QB, but pretty sure he has used up all his eligibility.

Uh-oh, Gator's 2nd incorrect answer in as many weeks (after the Catman debacle) Guess we'll get a better idea after this weekend. Good luck against Morris/Duke and the rest of the Canes.

Dear Gator, Who's the best college football QB in the state of Florida?

yes, I "very recently" heard that too (thumbs u That is one of several high grade copies Magik owns. He had at least 5 copies last time I talked to him (which was many years ago though) including the copy from the Gerber guide (may or may not be the Overstreet copy).

Now that is an awesome book...I wish books could talk cause this one would have one heck of a story to tell... I owned this in the early 90s at one point. Bought it from Fishler for $1000. Sold it to a guy who was trying to learn restoration and said this was going to be his big project - obviously he thought better of that and never even started.

Mike, what do you think the stamp on the BC of the #1 does to the value? I see some creasing on the FC in the upper right (one could be a printing defect) and one running down the spine, but it looks like a really clean copy for the price

My eyesight must be getting worse as I see a More Fun #55 and Flash #6 (four times on that one).

Always nice to see my old Larson 41 Jon. Definitely feel there is no better home for a Larson/Centaur combo then with you Sean

Is that the awesome comic with the Crack Babies on the back cover? I'd love to have that original art. Hi Dave

You just answered your own question. Warren is answering a question about stopping the counterfeiters and mentions that that money could have exchanged hands before the kid found out it was a fake, only when Overstreet mentioned years later that about the printing differences and the blue staples that people were saved from the counterfeit copies. He was implying there that the blue staple copies were the counterfeits. Notice he also mentions right before that about couriers waiting to take copies of Eerie #1 that he had printed for copyright purposes to newsstands to make sure some copies were sold. Those are the sold copies mentioned in the flyer/ad. Nothing in there about a second printing being made.

Raven, I'm really not sure either, but Goodwin mentioned it to differentiate it from a regular photocopy (remember Xerox had just made the photocopier available in 1960, and it weighed 650 lbs and cost $29,500 - they were still very expensive and their use was not widespread like it is today). Maybe a type of mimeograph machine of some sort to save Warren money.

The special paper is just referring to the fact that it is not on regular magazine paper. Warren and Goodwin both have stated over the years that there was only one printing of Eerie #1 done. I can understand that you have something you believe to be a second print, and want to protect the value, but it just didn't happen. (and the dimensions mentioned in the ad are the dimensions of the original trimmed Eerie #1 produced for the meeting). Overstreet also states "at least three different versions exist" before describing the first printing. Does this mean that there is another authorized 3rd print of which they are not giving details? Of course not. They bunch it in with "other unauthorized reproductions" of which the second print is also one.

You are misreading the flyer - it never says second print. It says that Warren produced and sold a limited number of Eerie #1s (clarifying that they were smaller size and not regular paper) and then in the second paragraph describes why those copies were originally made (copyright and registration). the second paragraph is not stating that originals were made to protect copyright, with the first paragraph saying they made a second print to sell to collectors in ads. It's a "here's what we did, and here's why we did it". As already explained, anyone ordering a "first collectors edition" issue through the magazine got a copy of #2. Everything in the Warren flyer is true and correct. They made the copies to ensure that they would be granted the title and some of those copies they made were sold on the newsstand. The second print is not a photocopy (nor is the first). How could a photocopy show a guy not there in the original? It was believed to have been produced from the original art (or stats of the original art) which is why the man on page 18 can be clearly seen when he is not visible in the original. And why would a publisher wanting to present a magazine as being worthy of it's buyers money leave the pages untrimmed? The first print was done by "line repro printing" according to Goodwin. Tom Skulan (Fantaco owner and publisher) reported in that he answered Warren's ad in the 70s and sent his copy (matching Overstreets definition of second printing) to Warren to authenticate and Warren indicated it was a counterfeit.

I agree with everything Raven stated. Stephen Bissette interviewed Goodwin in-depth when he was researching his history of horror comics project in the 80s and specifically asked him for the story on Eerie #1. Warren did instruct Goodwin and Gaspar Saladino to produce the book before a meeting with a distributor and the book was indeed sold - Warren tipped some newsstand operators to have the book on display so that the distributor and competitor he was meeting with would see he was already publishing a magazine using that title. So Warren was correct when he stated that copies were sold. Goodwin stated that the remaining copies were NEVER sold through Warren's magazines or mail order service, but they did sit around the Warren offices for several years and would sometimes be given away to office visitors or to fans who wrote lengthy letters of comment. Warren NEVER did a second printing of #1. The Overstreet guide started noting the 2nd print in 1977, but it should more correctly be included with the "other unauthorized reproductions". the even trimming, house at the bottom of page 1, the "missing" man on page 18, and the sideways artboard text on pages 18,19, and 20 remain the best ways to tell an original from all bootlegs, but as printing technology gets better and better, provenance becomes the only real fail safe to keep from buying a bootleg.

Sorry that I don't know how to scan, but finally sent this one in and got it back

Well this scan at least proves that I don't know how to scan (and this was my 3rd attempt). Guess I should have just made scans before I sent it in, but after seeing SC's ugly 6.0 sell tonight I am encouraged by what my 6.5 Off white-White should bring.

I just glanced at GPA last night because I was curious as to the price but isn't this more of a $9K book based on sales in and about that grade range? Maybe I looked at #4 by mistake? Really? CL just sold that 7.0 for $10,200. How would a 6.0 be worth $6K?

Looking at that one, I'm not sure how mine isn't a 7.0 instead of only a 6.5... (maybe because my pages are only OW-W it stinks, but I'll post when it arrives this week).

Maybe. I can certainly say wtih 100% accuracy that it has never been pressed. So maybe another boardie will get to enjoy it for as long as I have.

Finally submitted my copy and found out today it is a 6.5

But is Gator about big, giant, city-smashing Japanese monsters? ('cause those things are really cool)

I've heard that described as "Wolverining the Nest". Basically you give a pie-in-the-sky valuation where no one could possibly meet that bid, they then try to sell it for a price somewhere near that, and later after getting no interest at all, you are able to scoop in and pick it up for a nice discount off what you offered (or at the worst your offer).

I don't believe it's near that grade (I think around a 5.5), but at least it doesn't have a coupon out like the Atlantic City Superman #1.

I like this order also. It's a really nice 8.0 on the Action, the AF 15, is the single highest graded and has a really good chance to stay that way, while the Tec 27 to me is kind of a weak 8.0 and tied at that grade with other known copies being nicer. Don't underestimate the sole highest graded copy of the first appearance of Spidey.

Sensation #1: 9 copies CGC graded 8.0 or better, including two copies in 9.4 All Star #8: 4 copies CGC graded 8.0 or better, highest grade 9.0